Not less than 36 Amarnath pilgrims suffered minor accidents when 5 buses slammed into one another in Ramban district on Saturday, officers mentioned. The buses had been a part of a convoy headed for Pahalgam base camp in south Kashmir from Jammu’s Bhagwati Nagar. The accident happened close to Chanderkoot, alongside the Jammu-Srinagar Nationwide Freeway, at round 8 am, officers mentioned. They mentioned the collision occurred as a result of failure of the brakes of one of many buses within the convoy.
“The final automobile of the Pahalgam convoy misplaced management and hit stranded autos on the Chanderkot Langer website, damaging 4 autos and inflicting minor accidents to 36 Yatris,” Ramban Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Alyas Khan mentioned. He mentioned the federal government officers already current on the website rushed the injured to the Ramban district hospital. A number of senior cops visited the hospital to observe the therapy of the injured and directed the chief medical officer to make sure the very best care.
“The Yatris had been later shifted to different autos for his or her onward journey,” the deputy commissioner mentioned. Ramban Medical Superintendent Sudarshan Singh Katoch mentioned the pilgrims had been discharged instantly after first help. The convoy left for its vacation spot after the broken buses had been changed, officers mentioned.
The fourth batch of 6,979 pilgrims — 5,196 males, 1,427 girls, 24 youngsters, 331 sadhus and sadhvis, and one transgender — left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in two separate convoys between 3.30 am and 4.05 am. Whereas 4,226 pilgrims left in 161 autos for Nunwan base camp for the 48-kilometre conventional Pahalgam route, 2,753 pilgrims had been headed for the shorter however steeper 14-kilometre Baltal route in 151 autos.